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Shibori Inspiration and Japanese Textile Resources to Get You Started

A resource supplement for PieceWork's Summer 2026 issue: The World in Blue and White.

Karen Elting Brock Apr 8, 2026 - 2 min read

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Sashiko stitching sampler by Holly Dumont. PieceWork, Summer 2026. Photo by Matt Graves

MATERIALS & INSTRUCTION

Jane Callendar Courses, resources, and supplies for shibori and indigo.

Maiwa Supplies and a vareity of courses for natural dyeing and working with indigo.

John Marshall Indigo workshops, consultation, and collectibles.

Yoshiko Wada/ Slow Fibers Studio Demonstrations, workshops and supplies for Shibori.

World Shibori Network Foundation Programs, tours, and education to promote and preserve Japanese shibori tradtiions. Hosts the International shibori Symposium.

A Threaded Needle Sashiko supplies, including Japanese cotton sewing fabrics.

A Twisted Picot Sashiko supplies, including needles, thread, fabric, stencils, and books.


BOOKS

Baumann, Caroline. Scraps: Fashion Textiles and Creative Reuse, New York, NY: Cooper Hewitt, 2016.

Briscoe, Susan. Sashiko 365 Exeter, United Kingdom: David & Charles, 2025.

Briscoe, Susan. The Book Of Boro: Techniques and patterns inspired by traditional Japanese textiles, Exeter, United Kingdom: David & Charles, 2020.

Briscoe, Susan. The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook, 20th Anniversary Limited Edition, Exeter, United Kingdom: David & Charles, 2025.

Callender, Jane. Stitched Shibori, Turnbridge Wells, UK: Search Press, 2017

Cottman, Karl-Johan, editor. Boro: The Art of Necessity, Stockholm: Art and Theory Publishing, 2021

Koide, Yukiko; Kyoichi Tsuzuki, eds. English translation by Alfred Birnbaum. Boro: Rags and Tatters from The Far North of Japan. Tokyo: Japan, ASPECT Corp., 2009.

Yoshiko Wada, Mary Rice & Jane Barton. Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing, Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International, 2012

Sashikonami, Colorful Sashiko, Turnbridge Wells, UK: Search Press, 2024.


Shibori silk scarf dyed by Holly Dumont. PieceWork, Summer 2026. Photo by Matt Graves

MUSEUMS

Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori Museum

George Washington University Textile Museum

Kyoto Shibori Museum

Mingei International Museum

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Karen Elting Brock is the editor of PieceWork magazine. Raised in a multi-generational household of makers, she learned to value handwork, creativity, and the wisdom of her crafting elders. While she has lived most of her life in Colorado, Karen loves to travel and has plied the back roads across six continents, studying traditional craft and traditional life.

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